Using our example 12 steps x 10 inches = 120 inches or 10 feet. The staircase will extend 10 feet from the porch. Prepare the Landing The bottom of the steps must be secure. Dig and pour footings to accept posts (to stabilize the steps and support the railings). The footings must ext...
The initial stages of your deck design and build should focus on what you want from your deck. Do you want to entertain friends and family? Will you use it year-round? Do you want to add a grill, table, and deck planters? What about stairs and railings? The Trex® AR Visualizer ...
I recently gotthese inexpensive deck railing string light polesfor my parents’ new deck, and the installation took about 20 minutes. The poles come with brackets that attach them to the deck railings. We tested two different brands of poles and were equally happy with them. Here’s the tu...
So, there was a problem at the house, and I thought I’d have a simple solution: I wanted to remove my bee-infested front porch railings and glam up the entrance to the house. Simple. As it goes with some projects, it didn’t stay that way. Removing the railing and wrapping the ...
Luckily my wife was painting some porch railings and we had a tube of caulking handy. While not quite as thick as solder it was the closest I could easily find. Since my dispenser came with a second syringe I filled it up to a similar level as a full solder tube. When filling the ...
In this region, there are numerous houses with rock faced block foundations known to have been built in the 1880s. Just pulled a lock off of the basement door. Looked up the mark; Russell & Erwin. Dates to between 1846 & 1851. Looked like it has been there forever, having even dropp...